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Rh some time serving off the Tagus, to hoist a broad pendant after passing Madeira, in order to give him greater weight and consequence in the performance of the important and unusually delicate duties confided to him.

The British squadron, consisting of the Marlborough 74, (to which ship Captain Moore had been appointed in the preceding summer,) London 98, and Monarch and Bedford, 74’s, with 8 Portuguese ships of the line, four frigates, two brigs, and a schooner, accompanied by a large fleet of merchant vessels, reached Rio Janeiro in safety on the 7th Mar. 1808, after a passage of 14 weeks. Previous to his return from thence, our officer was invested by the Prince Regent with the insignia of the Order of the Tower and Sword, revived by H.R.H. immediately on his arrival at Brazil, to celebrate his departure from Lisbon.

In the Autumn of 1809, the Marlborough formed part of the force employed under Sir Richard Strachan at Flushing; and at the close of the same year, when it was deemed necessary to evacuate the island of Walcheren, Captain Moore was charged with the destruction of the basin, arsenal, and sea defences of that place. On the 1st Aug. 1811, he obtained the command of the Royal Sovereign yacht, which had become vacant by the general promotion that took place at that period; and in Jan. 1812, was appointed to the Chatham, a new 74, in which ship he continued till Aug. 12th following, when he was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and soon after hoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief in the Baltic. He subsequently served as Captain of the Channel fleet, under Viscount Keith.

Our officer was nominated a K.C.B. Jan. 2, 1815; in the Spring of 1816, he succeeded Lord Henry Paulet at the Board of Admiralty, where he remained till the demise of Sir Thomas F. Freemantle, and then resigned his seat for the purpose of assuming the command in the Mediterranean, for which station he sailed in the Rochefort, of 80 guns, on the 11th Aug. 1820. His promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral took place Aug. 12th, in the preceding year.

Sir Graham Moore married, March 9, 1812, Dora, 